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Assessment of OSS personnel

by: Murray, Henry A., Donald W. MacKinnon

Publication date: 1946
Topics: H.A. Murray, Donald W. MacKinnon, OSS, Interrogation, Stressful Dyad, Stress Interview, Thematic Apperception Test, recruitment, indoctrination, Stress Adaptation, basic training
Collection: journals_contributions; journals
Language: English
Item Size: 5.5M

Murray, Henry A., and Donald W. MacKinnon. "Assessment of OSS personnel." Journal of Consulting Psychology 10.2 (1946): 76.

OSS Indoc. an experimental [goal-directed] situation.

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(Note MacKinnon also worked with Stein on Study of Lives, in the subject of Creativity.)
Also see: Stein, Morris I. Stimulating Creativity: Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press, 1975.

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Also see:
{OSS Assessment Staff. (1948). Assessment of men: Selection of personnel for the Office of Strategic Services. NY: Rinehart & Co.;

Murphy, K. & Davidshofer, C. (1998). Psychological testing: Principles and applications, 4th Ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.;

MacDonald, E. P. (1947). Undercover girl. NY: Macmillan Co.;

Morgan, W. J. (1957). The O.S.S. and I. NY: Curtis Books.;

(qtd. in https://people.wku.edu/sally.kuhlenschmidt/whimsy/oss/oss.htm)}

"Even if the candidate suspected the helpers, the stress was real."